Below are some easy to print handouts from the book, and some additional study packs on assessment presentations and report writing. Print off this study pack and use it to complete your assignments using the information and by answering the questions set.

Ten stages to accessment success

Presentation study pack

Planning your essay study pack

A guide to report writing study pack

These journal articles have been chosen to give you a deeper understanding of the topics covered in this chapter and to help you read more widely. Click on the link below to access the journal article.

Tracing Discursive Resources: How Students Use Prior Genre Knowledge to Negotiate New Writing Contexts in First-Year Composition, Mary Jo Reiff and Anis Bawarshi, Written Communication, July 2011; vol. 28, 3: pp. 312–337

Beyond the Schooled Form and into the Discipline: An Introduction to Writing-intensive Courses in UK Humanities, Sally Mitchell, Arts and Humanities in Higher Education, June 2010; vol. 9, 2: pp. 185–189

Summative and Formative Assessment: Perceptions and Realities, Maddalena Taras, Active Learning in Higher Education, July 2008; vol. 9, 2: pp. 172–192

Writing History: A Genre-based, Interdisciplinary Approach Linking Disciplines, Language and Academic Skills, John Wrigglesworth and Mary McKeever, Arts and Humanities in Higher Education, February 2010; vol. 9, 1: pp. 107–126

Producing Assignments

Remember 'Reading' and 'Notemaking' http://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/careers/ld/resources/study/reading-and-note-making

Our resources are available through the Reading and Notemaking pages on LearnHigher – see particularly:

Organise your DESK http://learning.londonmet.ac.uk/TLTC/learnhigher/desk/desk.html

And our writing space: A range of writing resources to support you, includes link the Preventing plagiarism tutorial http://learning.londonmet.ac.uk/TLTC/connorj/WritingGroups/

Explore generally – and have a particular look at Academic Writing and Assessment on the LearnHigher site – see what resources are there for you to use.

An Essay Evolves http://evolvingessay.pbworks.com/w/page/19387227/FrontPage

This site contains a whole essay that a real student wrote over time. She also kept a blog of her thoughts whilst writing the essay. Really useful if you want to see what academic writing looks like – and what it feels like to do.

Essay planning animation: One way to plan an essay from Portsmouth University http://ondemand.port.ac.uk/central/One_way_to_write_an_essay.wmv

Getting your writing right: AWE – Academic Writing in English http://slb-ltsu.hull.ac.uk/awe/index.php?title=Main_Page

Shared writing space: This link goes to several shared writing spaces – some supported by Google. Consider how you might use these spaces to work collaboratively with other students – especially if preparing GROUP projects http://etherpad.com

Shared thinking space: This space designed to support group work in more creative ways

http://www.sharedthinking.info/

EXCELLENT site for phrases to use in ACADEMIC WRITING http://www.phrasebank.manchester.ac.uk/

Referencing, grammar … http://www.lib.monash.edu.au/tutorials/citing/harvard.html

Worried about grammar? http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/student/ac_paper/grammar.shtml

Proof reading tips – try the following: http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/proofing_grammar.shtml

http://businessmajors.about.com/od/collegeessaywriting/ht/EssayEdit.htm

http://www.scribblepad.co.uk/HowToProofreadYourWriting.html

Becoming an Academic Writer in 10 Steps